Am I the right size for my height? Short girls lemme know!
ariellenkov
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I am 5ft and 113 pounds on a good day. I feel a little uncomfortable with my weight but I'm not sure if that is a normal weight for my height... Short girls, your opinion?
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94.5 - 127.5 is the healthy weight range for your height.
Where you feel most comfortable on that range is a very individual thing. Body compostion and frame size come into play. Someone who is 120 lbs, but 20% BF will probably feel fine at that weight. On the other hand a person who is the same height & weight, but 28% BF may not be comfortable at that weight and want to lose a few lbs.
You could look into body recomposition. Very slow fat loss with very slow muscle gain. It will be a slow process but when done right, you get a leaner without much change in weight.
Also keep in mind our weight is not a static number it does fluctuate and is perfectly normal to have a range that you fall in. Example:
Lowest I've seen on the scale recently - 120 lbs
Highest I've seen - 123.7 lbs
Trend from all fluctuations - 122.3 lbs0 -
Thank you!
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For me, 113 would be great! I'm 5ft also.0
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I'm 110 at 5'1 but I feel better around 1050
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annette_15 wrote: »I'm 110 at 5'1 but I feel better around 105
I used to be 103 and I felt a lot better at that weight! I know how you feel! I'm trying to get to 107 now but it's seeming impossible!
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I'm assuming your age in your profile is correct? How long ago/what age were you when you were 103? It's quite common to continue developing/gain a little more weight as you enter adulthood.
I'm 113ish and 5' myself, and I'm a little softer in the tummy than I'd like but overall I feel good.
If you're not doing any strength training, that will help a lot with body composition and might make you feel better at a higher weight, too. I'm planning to give recomp a try later this year - eating at maintenance and lifting heavy - and we'll see how that goes over the next year.
~Lyssa
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I'm 110 at 5'1.5 when I was 120 I felt horrible and had excess fat . My body is most attractive at 103 though
that's just my body shape . Everyone is built different what's right for some might not be for others. Some people have more muscle than others. My sister is 4'9 and she is 113 and has less fat than me because she has more muscle tone. 0 -
5'1 and about 119...and trying to gain a little muscle. I like to keep a little curve on my body 0
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I'm 5'. My goal is 112-120, currently 131. I know I felt my best at 112, about 6 years ago I was 103, I felt that was too low for me.0
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You are me
I'm 5'0 and 113, hoping to lose about 10 lbs or so to get back around to 100 lbs. I carry all of my weight in one place and for me even 105 gets uncomfortable. (I'm looking at YOU, ripped skirt seam!
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So yeah, N'thing what everyone has said above - everyone is different.0 -
You probably need to do some recomp one. I'm 5'3" and I would be unhappy at 113- some of it is just personal preference. Just do it healthily, but also don't assume that just losing weight will improve how you look you might need to recomp a bit and might not need to lose weight.-1
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I'm 5ft and will be happy at 126lbs. I know that weight is at the top end of BMI but I have large boobs (that never seem to reduce!) so any lighter than that makes me look ill.0
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You probably need to do some recomp one. I'm 5'3" and I would be unhappy at 113- some of it is just personal preference. Just do it healthily, but also don't assume that just losing weight will improve how you look you might need to recomp a bit and might not need to lose weight.
Unhappy how? Too heavy?0 -
ariellenkov wrote: »You probably need to do some recomp one. I'm 5'3" and I would be unhappy at 113- some of it is just personal preference. Just do it healthily, but also don't assume that just losing weight will improve how you look you might need to recomp a bit and might not need to lose weight.
Unhappy how? Too heavy?
You might not like what you see in the mirror. Losing weight might not get you the look you want (granted I don't know what you want), but that's all she is saying.
Example of someone (NOT ME) who lost weight, but ended up gaining weight to get the appearance they wanted:
While the pic on the right is heavier, the BF % is lower than the lighter pic on the left.0 -
Oh and I just remembered another example: Meet Staci
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/0 -
Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.0 -
ariellenkov wrote: »You probably need to do some recomp one. I'm 5'3" and I would be unhappy at 113- some of it is just personal preference. Just do it healthily, but also don't assume that just losing weight will improve how you look you might need to recomp a bit and might not need to lose weight.
Unhappy how? Too heavy?
Same way someone can be happy with how they look at a weight. I don't like how heavy weights look on me. It's a personal preference.
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rainbowbow wrote: »Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.
When I was anorexic I was 99. So 100lb is not a healthy weight for me nor is it for most women.0 -
ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.
When I was anorexic I was 99. So 100lb is not a healthy weight for me nor is it for most women.
its well within the healthy bmi range for someone who is 5 feet.
most women arent only 5 feet. so....-1 -
rainbowbow wrote: »ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.
When I was anorexic I was 99. So 100lb is not a healthy weight for me nor is it for most women.
its well within the healthy bmi range for someone who is 5 feet.
most women arent only 5 feet. so....
Oh. Well I looked sickly at 99lbs. Everyone kept asking me if I was okay.0 -
ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.
When I was anorexic I was 99. So 100lb is not a healthy weight for me nor is it for most women.
its well within the healthy bmi range for someone who is 5 feet.
most women arent only 5 feet. so....
Oh. Well I looked sickly at 99lbs. Everyone kept asking me if I was okay.
If you were that weight because of anorexia, malnutrition could have been why you looked sickly.
You could also have a med- large frame size or more muscle making the low end of the range look underweight on you. The other possibility is that your slightly taller than 5'. Adding just 1" moves 99 lbs to almost underweight. (I saw a post awhile back were someone found out that there height wasn't what they thought...can't remember if they were taller or shorter then what they thought though.-1 -
100 for 5'0" may be in BMI range but it doesn't work for everybody. There is a reason the range is 95-128!
I'm barely 5'0" and I was 100 before puberty but by the time my body finished growing in by age 14 the scale was at 108 and that was totally ok, all of those new curves had to take up some weight! It looked good as a teenager.
But 20 years later, post baby I was down to 110 again and it looked awful on me, I got the same types of comments about being sickly. I'm not sure if it was my age or being a mom but I looked better with another 5-10 lbs on my body, especially my face. (Current goal is 115-120.)
Instead of the weight on the scale, look in the mirror and at old photos, and find the, "wow, I look great!" place that works for you.0 -
100 for 5'0" may be in BMI range but it doesn't work for everybody. There is a reason the range is 95-128!
I'm barely 5'0" and I was 100 before puberty but by the time my body finished growing in by age 14 the scale was at 108 and that was totally ok, all of those new curves had to take up some weight! It looked good as a teenager.
But 20 years later, post baby I was down to 110 again and it looked awful on me, I got the same types of comments about being sickly. I'm not sure if it was my age or being a mom but I looked better with another 5-10 lbs on my body, especially my face. (Current goal is 115-120.)
Instead of the weight on the scale, look in the mirror and at old photos, and find the, "wow, I look great!" place that works for you.
Thank you. So far, this is the only comment that makes sense to me.0 -
shadow2soul wrote: »ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »ariellenkov wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »Of course it depends on the woman, but from personal experience most of the women i've worked with thought they looked their best closest to the general rule:
5 feet= 100 pounds
+ 5 pounds for every inch above 5 feet
So for someone who's 5'1 they look best around 105, 5'3 they look best about 115, etc.
This is of course completely anecdotal and irrelevant as you obviously AREN'T happy with the way that you look at your current weight.
When I was anorexic I was 99. So 100lb is not a healthy weight for me nor is it for most women.
its well within the healthy bmi range for someone who is 5 feet.
most women arent only 5 feet. so....
Oh. Well I looked sickly at 99lbs. Everyone kept asking me if I was okay.
If you were that weight because of anorexia, malnutrition could have been why you looked sickly.
You could also have a med- large frame size or more muscle making the low end of the range look underweight on you. The other possibility is that your slightly taller than 5'. Adding just 1" moves 99 lbs to almost underweight. (I saw a post awhile back were someone found out that there height wasn't what they thought...can't remember if they were taller or shorter then what they thought though.
I'm petite but I have boobs and an hourglass figure. I feel like being a D cup is the reason for the extra couple pounds since my stomach is mostly flat and the rest of my body is pretty petite.
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Just to chime in with the different weights look different on different people.
I am 5'1 and maintain happily between 100-105.
The picture in my avatar is me at 98-100 lbs. I look healthy and am healthy, at even the lowest BMI, others wouldn't.
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I am also 5ft and I'm currently 133lbs or so. I don't really feel I look bad if I'm honest I'm just a little bit too squishy in the tummy for my liking. I'm trying to get to 119lbs and see how I feel from there. The lowest I've ever been was 109lbs and I wasn't happy there but I was also 15 and insecure.0
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That's a healthy and lovely weight for your height, it's in my preferred range at 5'3"0
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I'm petite but I have boobs and an hourglass figure. I feel like being a D cup is the reason for the extra couple pounds since my stomach is mostly flat and the rest of my body is pretty petite.
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^I'm the same. I feel best around 105, I would like to lower my body fat and see if I can get the hourglass figure thinned down. My boobs have gotten smaller..yay!0
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